RNA Quality Control Enables Antibiotic Tolerance
Andrew T. Nishimoto, Juan Cesar Federico Ortiz-Marquez, Michelle R. Scribner, Yanying Yu, Qidong Jia, Haley Echlin, Amy Iverson, Abigail E. McKnight, Nadia Olivero, Aaron Poole, Enolia S. Marr, Jordan Coggins, Adam Rosenthal, Chrispin Chaguza, Randolph K. Larsen, , Jason W. Rosch
This study shows that RNA quality control through rny mutations enables antibiotic tolerance in Streptococcus pneumoniae by balancing transcriptional resilience and degradation.
Cell Host & Microbe · Jul 22, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology